there's a black man with a black cat
living in a black neighborhood
he's got an instate running through his front yard
and you know things he started so good
there's a woman in the kitchen
cleaning up evenings love
and he looks at her and says
baby can't remember when you could stop the clock
oh but ain't that america for you and me
ain't that america for something to see
baby yeah almost free
little pink houses for you and me
oh for you and me
there's a young man in a t shirt
listening to a rock and roll station
he's got a greasy hair and a greasy smile
he says lord this must be my destination
his mother told me when i was younger
they say boy you gotta be president
just like everything else
those crazy dreams just kinda came and went
hey aah but ain't that america for you and me
ain't that america something to see
baby ain't that america yeah the home of the free
little pink houses for you and me
oh for you and me
well there's people and more people
what do they know know know
go to work in somewhere rice and vacation
at the gulf of mexico
and those winners and these losers
it ain't no big deal
'cause the simple man baby pays the pills
the bills and the thrills that kill
oh but ain't that america you and me
ain't that america's something to see
baby ain't that america
yeah the whole world is free
little pink houses for you and me
oh for you and me
hey but ain't that america
you and me ain't that america
something to see baby yeah home of the free
living houses for you and me
oh for you and me
